14 - Block Party

This is a picture of my block-of-the-month, 'block party' program at my favorite quilt shop, Prairie Point.  I go to the shop on the second Monday of each month, take in my completed block, and pick up the new block, all for $2.50.  It is $5.50 if I don't have the block finished to take in.  I hang the finished blocks on a wall in my cubby.  The ones on the left are in the 'Agatha Christie' line.  The ones on the right are ones I decided to make from my stash of 1930's reproduction fabrics which is one of my favorite types of fabric.  It is really loads of fun. They pick the pattern, write the directions, and pick the colors. All you have to do is sew.  Today, I went to Prairie Point and registered for a quilting class/club on 1930's and Feedsack fabrics. 

There may be lots of pictures of my quilting that will be posted.

13 - Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?

I do! This necklace is made of wooden buttons.  Unfortunately, I did not think of this idea.  I bought this in Curracao last February when we were on our family cruise.  There was a street market full of tourist crap and also a fruit and fish market.  We saw lots of locals buying things, so I know that it was an real market, not just something for tourists.  We when found the stand with wooden necklaces and bracelets and earrings and other wooden stuff, I knew that this was the souvenir for me.

(Who remembers this children's game?  Did I just date myself?  I remember playing it when I was probably 6-7 years old.)

12 - Footprints in the snow

We were supposed to get up to 3" of snow last night.  We got maybe .3".  They way people were carrying on, you would have thought that we were expecting a blizzard.  (See post on Jan. 10 for picture of real snow.)  This is a picture of John's footprints on the sidewalk from our front door to the driveway.  This is not much snow.  It is the second snow of the season, first snow in 2012.  Lucky us.

11 - Handbell Practice

I love handbells.  Each person is responsible for two notes plus the accidentals (flats and sharps).  On Wednesday nights, now I am a floating sub.  Tonight I played A6B6 (middle treble clef for my not so musical friends) and only had four bells which is not bad.  The fun, tie-dyed gloves are my practice gloves.  The only place that I know of to get them is from the Raleigh Ringers after their concert.  They are happy gloves - fun to wear, fun to ring.

10 - Beth's deck

Beth, In Anchorage, took this picture yesterday of the back deck of their condo and I thought it worthy of the daily post.  The blob on the right is the picnic table.  Notice that the snow on the deck is level with the picnic table.  About half way to the back of the picture toward the fence is the end of the deck.  You go down about three steps to a little yard where the dog, Murphy, is supposed to do his business.  Notice that the snow in the back yard is level with the deck and at least three feet deep.  Notice the trench where the dog is supposed to go to the yard.  Apparently, he will go to the end of the trench and that is all.  Anchorage has had a bunch of snow and it is early in the season.  Wow.  We are going up there on February 29th.  Double Wow.

09 - Full moon

Something shiny caught my eye tonight.        Oh, wait!  It is a full moon.  When I am driving home, I drive straight east for part of the way.  This bright full moon was hanging in the sky.  When I got home, I tried to take a picture of the full moon shining through the trees over my garage.  Not the best picture, but the intent was there.  I think that the moon was actually full yesterday, but it is pretty close.

08 - Happy Birthday, Marilyn

If it is your birthday, you deserve the daily post.  Saturday (yesterday) was Marilyn Lake's birthday.  She is the bell director of Heartland Ringers.  She also hosted the bells for a chili feed at her house after we played at Good Shepherd.  She is a really fun lady, a good friend, and a joy to ring for.  Happy Birthday, Marilyn!